Sounding toy



June 5, 1928. 1,672,248

N. E. COVEL SOUNDING TOY Filed May 14, 1926 1 /J INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented June 5, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATEN FO F E.

' SOUNDING TOY.

Application, filed Kay 14, 1926. Serial No. 108,083..

The present invention relates to toys, and more particularly to a toy having at least one element thereof made of some edible material such as a lollipop.

A lollipop, sometimes called an all-day sucker, is a candy confectionhaving a small stick embedded therein to-facilitate the repeated insertion of the candy into the mouth. Owing to the ease in which lollipops may be manufactured competition in their sale is severe and consequently it is highly desirable to dress or market the lollipops in some distinctive manner having a strong appeal to children.

Most children like to make a noise and consequently an object of the present invention is to produce an inexpensive noise-producing toy, the clapping element of which is a lollipop mounted for removal so that it may be consumed when the child becomes tired of the toy.

To the accomplishment of this object, and such others as may hereinafter appear, the invention comprises certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts and details of construction hereinafter described and then particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the noiseproducing toy, showing the lollipop clapper suspended by a ribbon between bell-shaped resonating members or surfaces;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the toy illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view from one end, in perspective, showing the lollipop clapper suspended between the bell-shaped resonating members or surfaces by a rubber band secured to said members;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a form of the toy in which only one resonating member is employed showing the lollipop clapper suspended on an integral tang struck from said I member; and V Fig. 5 is'a detail in sectional elevation of the construction illustrated in Fig. 4.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the lollipop clapper comprises a small stick 7 having one toy. The yoke 9 forms a bridge connecting two similar members 11 and 12' 6&Cl1 0f tion. Thes'tick'l' of the lollipop, attached to the ribbon 8, is then loosely secured by drawing the free ends; of the ribbon through an opening inthe neck 9 and thentied' in the how 10. This leaves the lollipop suspended, like a"cla'pp'er,, between the surfaces 11 and By grasping the yoke 9 between the fingers and shaking the toy, in the same manner as an ordinary bell is rung, the lollipop Will swing back and forth between the enclosing surfaces which will be struck by the candy head 6 and resonate, thus producing the desired noise., When the child becomes tired of the toy the lollipop clapper may be removed by untying the ribbon 8 and consumed by the child in the approved manner.

Instead of loosely suspending the lollipop clapperfrom a ribbon 8 its stick 7 may be suspended from a flexible member, such as a rubber band 13 (Fig. 3) which extends transversely in the space between the surfaces 11 and 12. To this end one of the members 11 or 12'carry side ears 14: and 15, produced preferably in the stamping process, each having an opening 16 therein through which the rubber band 13 is passed and secured. The band 13 yields as the toy is shaken thus animating the lollipop clapper.

Or, in another form of the toy, the stick 7 (Figs. 4 and 5) struck from a single resonating member and bent downwardly to forma projecting lug. The tang 17 is provided with a perforation 18 roughly cut to produce a series of peripheral burs 19. The

stick 7 is thrust through the opening 18 and the burs 19grip the wood, hold the stick 7 in the tang while yet permitting it to swing freely and thus strike the resonating members.

The lower edges of the spaced members 11 and 12 constitute a support for the toy so that it may be exhibited in a show-window or show-case in an upright position.

The exterior faces of the surfaces 11 and12 may be decorated with pictures attractive to children thus promoting sales of the. toy and the lollipops therein or therefor,

Those skilled in the art will recognize that the constructions described, While. preferred, may be modified Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention Obviously the lollipop clapper may be used with either oneor two resonating surfaces andin the simplest form of the invention, shown in Figs; 4; and 5, a single such'surface preferred, the yoke 20 in this form being somewhat longer to provide a secure fingerhold. 1 i The nature and, scope of the invention having been indicated, and its preferred embodim'ents having been specifically described, What is claimed. as new, is

1. A noise producing toy comprising a metal blank having two, ends formed as hellshaped surfaces connected by a neck, said neck being bent to form a yoke that holds said ends inspaced relation, a piece of flexible, material secured to the yoke and depending between said surfaces, and" a lollipop comprising a. stickv and a piece of. candy on the stick, said flexible material between said. surfaces being attached to said stick.

2.,A noise producing, toy comprising a metal blank having two bell-shaped members comprising surfaces connected by an integral neck, said neck being bent into yoke form to locate the bell-shaped surfaces in spaced relation, the lower, spaced peripheral 'edgesof said members constituting a support for the toy, and a lollipop clapper flexibly connected to the blank between said members.

3. A noise producing toy comprising a metal blank having two parts formingbellshaped surfaces connected by an integral neck, said neck being bent into yoke form to locate the bell-shaped surfaces in spacedrelation, a ribbon secured to depend from said yoke between said surfaces, and a lollipop clapper held loosely between said surfaces by having said ribbon tied to its stick.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

NATHAN EDWIN COVEL. 

